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Édith Piaf (1915–1963)


When one thinks of Edith Piaf, one thinks of love, sorrow and music. One did not breathe without the other two. Born in Paris practically on the streets on December 19, 1915, she struggled from day one, the daughter of street performers. The mother, a singer, eventually abandoned both Edith and her father for a solo career... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2013 La dernière campagne (TV movie) (lyrics: "La vie en rose" / as E. Piaf)
 
2013 Miranda (TV series)
Je Regret Nothing (2013) (performer: "Non, je ne regrette rien" - uncredited)
 
2012 Lotta & die großen Erwartungen (TV movie) (performer: "Bal dans ma rue" - uncredited)
 
2012 Mulheres Ricas (TV series)
Episode #1.10 (2012) (lyrics: "La vie en rose" - uncredited)
 
2012 Banda sonora (TV series)
Episode #8.9 (2012) (performer: "Ne me quitte pas")
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
Cançons per canviar el món (2012) (performer: "Non, je ne regrette rien")
 
2005-2012 The Simpsons (TV series)
The Daughter Also Rises (2012) (performer: "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien")
Mommie Beerest (2005) ("La Vie En Rose")
 
2012 Gent de paraula (TV series)
Episode #2.17 (2012) (performer: "Les amants du jour")
 
2011 La nouvelle Blanche-Neige (TV movie) (lyrics: "Hymne à l'Amour")
 
2011 Tu cara me suena (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (2011) (writer: "La Vie en Rose", "La vie en rose")
 
2011 X-Men: First Class (writer: "La Vie en Rose" / performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2011 Jumping the Broom (writer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2011 Dancing Stars (TV series)
Episode #6.1 (2011) (lyrics: "La vie en rose")
 
2010 Di Di Hollywood (writer: "La vie en rose")
 
2010 127 Hours (lyrics: "If You Love Me Really Love Me")
 
2010 Inception (performer: "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien")
 
2010 La Rafle (performer: "Paris")
 
2010 Getaway (TV series)
Episode #19.3 (2010) (performer: "Milord" - uncredited)
 
2007-2009 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
Episode #4.9 (2009) (performer: "Non, je ne regrette rien")
Episode #2.1 (2007) (performer: "Non, je ne regrette rien")
 
2009/II The Music of Erich Zann (short) (writer: "La Vie en Rose" / performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2009/I The Music of Erich Zann (short) (writer: "La Vie en Rose" / performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2009 An Evening with Eartha Kitt (TV documentary) (writer: "La vie en rose")
 
2008 WALL·E (writer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2008 Bang-Bang Wedding! (lyrics: "La vie en rose" / performer: "La vie en rose")
 
2007 Parashat Ha-Shavua (TV series)
Shemot, Part I (2007) (lyrics: "Hymne à l'amour", "HIMNON LA-AHAVA")
 
2007 The Bucket List (writer: "La Vie En Rose" / as Edith Piaf / performer: "Milord" / as Edith Piaf)
 
2007 Fred Claus (writer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2007 Towelhead (writer: "La Vie en Rose" / as Edith Piaf / performer: "La Vie en Rose" / as Edith Piaf)
 
2007 Rush Hour 3 (writer: "La Vie En Rose" / as Edith Piaf)
 
2007 Mister Lonely (writer: "La Vie en Rose" / as Edith Piaf)
 
2007 Colors en sèrie (TV series)
Rosa: Enganxós o diví (2007) (writer: "La vie en rose" / performer: "La vie en rose")
 
2007 La Vie en Rose (lyrics: "La vie en rose", "L'Hymne à l'amour" / performer: "La vie en rose", "Non, je ne regrette rien", "Milord", "L'Hymne à l'amour", "Les Mômes de La Cloche", "Mon Dieu", "La Vie en Rose" English Version, "Mon Légionnaire", "La Foule")
 
2006/I Princess (performer: "No Regrets")
 
2005 Lord of War (lyrics: "La Vie en Rose" 1946 / as Edith Gassion)
 
2005 Valiant (performer: "Non Je Ne Regrette Rien")
 
2004 Sobhraj, or How to Be Friends with a Serial Killer (documentary) (performer: "Non, je ne regrette rien")
 
2004 My Summer of Love (performer: "La Foule")
 
2004 Ma Mère (writer: "Hymn To Love Hymne à l'amour")
 
2004 Byways (lyrics: "La vie en rose")
 
2004 Dean Martin: Encore (video) (lyrics: "La vie en rose" - uncredited)
 
2003 Something's Gotta Give (writer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2003 Intolerable Cruelty (performer: "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" 1956 / as Edith Piaf)
 
2003 The Dreamers (performer: "Non, je ne regrette rien" 1956)
 
2003 Love Me If You Dare ("La Vie en Rose")
 
2003 Cuéntame (TV series)
París, oh la la! (2003) (writer: "La vie en rose" / performer: "La vie en rose")
 
2003 View from the Top (writer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2003 Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure (writer: "La vie en rose" / as Gassion)
 
2002/I The Butterfly (lyrics: "L'Hymne A L'Amour")
 
2001-2002 Dolce Vita & Co (TV series)
Polterabend (2002) (performer: "Non, je ne regrette rien")
Frühlingserwachen (2001) (writer: "La vie en rose" / performer: "La vie en rose")
 
2002 The Quiet American (lyrics: "La Vie en Rose")
 
2002 Livshunger (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (2002) ("HYMNE A L'AMOUR")
 
2002 Stones (writer: "La vie en rose" / performer: "La vie en rose")
 
2001 Festival in Cannes (writer: "La vie en rose" / performer: "La vie en rose")
 
2000 Clams and Mussels (performer: "Himno al amor")
 
1999 The Last Yellow (writer: "La Vie en rose")
 
1999 Jeff Buckley: Remembered (TV documentary) (writer: "Hymne à l'amour")
 
1999 Summer of Sam (lyrics: "La Vie en Rose" 1946)
 
1998 Babe: Pig in the City (performer: "Non, je ne regrette rien")
 
1998 A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (writer: "La vie en rose" / as E. Piaf)
 
1998 Saving Private Ryan (writer: "Tu Es Partout" 1941 / performer: "Tu Es Partout" 1941, "C'Était Une Histoire D'Amour" 1942)
 
1995 Sabrina ("La vie en rose" / as Edith Piaf)
 
1995 How to Make an American Quilt (lyrics: "La vie en rose")
 
1995 Innocent Lies (performer: "C'est lui qu' mon coeur a choisi")
 
1995 French Kiss (writer: "La Vie En Rose")
 
1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story (writer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
1994 Prêt-à-Porter (writer: "La vie en rose" / performer: "La goualante du pauvre Jean", "L'accordeoniste")
 
1994 Nobody Loves Me (performer: "Non, je ne regrette rien")
 
1994 La teta y la luna (performer: "Les mots de l'amour", "Le homme à la moto" / as Edith Piaf)
 
1994 Natural Born Killers (writer: "La Vie en Rose" / as Edith Piaf)
 
1994 Backbeat (performer: "C'était un jour de fête")
 
1993 Sista dansen (writer: "La vie en rose")
 
1993 Night Train to Venice (performer: "La Vie en rose" / as Edith Piaf)
 
1992 Siméon (writer: "Hymne a l'amour")
 
1992 Antonio's Girlfriend (lyrics: "La vie en rose")
 
1992 Mr. Saturday Night (writer: "La Vie en Rose" / as Edith Piaf)
 
1991 One Against the Wind (TV movie) (performer: "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien")
 
1991 Le party (lyrics: "C'est l'amour")
 
1989 The Wonder Years (TV series)
How I'm Spending My Summer Vacation (1989) (lyrics: "La vie en rose" - uncredited / performer: "La vie en rose" - uncredited)
 
1989 Beppie (TV series)
Jaloezie (1989) (writer: "La Vie En Rose" / as Edith Piaf)
 
1988 Trois places pour le 26 (performer: "La Vie En Rose")
 
1988 Bull Durham (writer: "LA VIE EN ROSE" / performer: "LA VIE EN ROSE", "NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN")
 
1987 'Allo 'Allo! (TV series)
The Great Un-Escape (1987) (writer: "La Vie En Rose" - uncredited)
 
1986 The Men's Club (lyrics: "La vie en rose" / as Edith Piaf)
 
1986 The Benny Hill Show (TV series)
Episode #17.1 (1986) (lyrics: "La Vie en Rose")
 
1984 Fények virradat elött (short) (performer: "N'y vas pas Manuel")
 
1983 Eréndira (performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 
1983 Edith and Marcel (writer: "Un chant d'amour", "L'Effet que tu m'fais", "L'Hymne à l'amour, "La Vie en rose", "C'est de la faute à tes yeux", "Homme comme les autres" / performer: "Un chant d'amour", "Comme moi", "C'est peut-être ça", "Bal dans ma rue", "L'Effet que tu m'fais", "Mon Dieu", "Les Mots d'amour", "L'Hymne à l'amour, "Je t'ai dans la peau", "C'est merveilleux", "La Vie en rose", "L'Homme que j'aimerai", "C'est de la faute à tes yeux", "Homme comme les autres", "Et moi", "Margot coeur gros", "La Foule")
 
1981 The 35th Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (writer: "La vie en rose")
 
1978 The Cheap Detective (lyrics: "La vie en rose")
 
1978 Het is weer zo laat! (TV series)
Stop de neutronenbom! (1978) (writer: "La Vie en Rose" - uncredited)
 
1973 The Mother and the Whore (performer: "Les Amants de Paris")
 
1973 An Evening with Marlene Dietrich (documentary) (lyrics: "La vie en rose")
 
1971 A Safe Place (lyrics: "La Vie En Rose" / performer: "La Vie En Rose")
 
1966 Get Smart (TV series)
Casablanca (1966) (lyrics: "La Vie en Rose")
 
1965 Húsz óra (performer: "Milord")
 
1961 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode dated 26 April 1961 (1961) (lyrics: "If You Love Me" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Gisele MacKenzie Show (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (1957) (lyrics: "La vie en rose" - uncredited)
 
1954 French Cancan (performer: "Petits Souris")
 
1954 Sabrina (lyrics: "La vie en rose" - uncredited)
 
1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode #1.26 (1951) (lyrics: "La vie en rose" - uncredited)
 
1950 Stage Fright (lyrics: "La vie en rose" 1946 - uncredited)
 
1948 To the Victor (lyrics: "La vie en rose" - uncredited)
 
1936 The Tomboy (performer: "Quand même")
 
Show ShowActress (8 titles)
1959 Les amants de demain
Simone
 
1954 French Cancan
Eugénie Buffet
 
1954 Royal Affairs in Versailles
Une fille du peuple
 
1948 Neuf garçons, un coeur
Christine
 
1946 Star Without Light
Madeleine
 
1941 Montmartre sur Seine
Lily (as Edith Piaf)
 
1936 The Tomboy
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2010 Sueños de última cena (short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2007 La Vie en Rose (singing voice)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1962 Pariser Journal (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #2.11 (1962) … Herself
 
1961 Discorama (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 20 January 1961 (1961) … Herself
 
1960 Cinq colonnes à la une (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 January 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1952-1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Singer
Episode #12.52 (1959) … Singer
Episode #12.37 (1959) … Singer (as Edith Piaf)
Episode #12.19 (1959) … Singer
Episode #10.1 (1956) … Herself
Episode #9.24 (1956) … Herself
 
1959 The Voice of Firestone (TV series)
Herself
Springtime in Paris (1959) … Herself
 
1954-1956 La joie de vivre (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Main guest
Episode dated 14 May 1956 (1956) … Herself
Episode dated 3 April 1954 (1954) … Herself - Main guest
 
1956 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series)
Herself
Back from Paris (1956) … Herself (singing voice)
 
1953 Boum sur Paris
Herself / En personne
 
1951 Paris Still Sings!
Herself / En personne
 
1950 The Faye Emerson Show (TV series)
Herself
Edith Piaf (1950) … Herself
 
1950 Showtime, U.S.A. (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.4 (1950) … Herself
 
1950 All Star Revue (TV series)
Herself - Guest French Nightclub Vocalist
Episode #1.1 (1950) … Herself - Guest French Nightclub Vocalist
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (17 titles)
2012 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
 
2011 An Intimate History (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2010 Empreintes (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Legends (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Les grands du rire (TV series)
 
2007 Vivement dimanche (TV series)
 
2006 Queens of Heartache (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 La Marató 2005 (TV special)
Herself
 
2004 Tage und Nächte in Paris (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Piaf: Her Story, Her Songs (documentary)
 
2003 Les hommes de Piaf (TV documentary)
Edith Piaf, the singer
 
2000 Backstory (TV series documentary)
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
 
1976 Singing During the Occupation (documentary)
Herself
 

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4 Biographical Movies  | 2 Print Biographies  | 7 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Edith Piaf

Height:

4' 9¾" (1.47 m)
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Personal Quote:

You never know a guy till you've tried him in bed. You know more about a guy in one night in bed than you do in months of conversation. In the sack, they can't cheat! See more »

Trivia:

After living with her maternal grandmother for a short time, she was raised by her paternal grandmother, who ran a brothel in Normandy. See more »

Nickname:

La Môme Piaf The Little Sparrow See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius